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'AITA for publicly exposing my cheating BF at his birthday party?' + MAJOR UPDATE
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'AITA for publicly exposing my cheating BF at his birthday party?' + MAJOR UPDATE

So, this might be a wild one, but here goes. I (26F) have been dating my boyfriend Matt (28M) for two years. Everything was fine until a few weeks ago when I noticed he’d become super secretive with his phone. Before, he used to leave it out on the table, but recently he’s been taking it everywhere—like even to the bathroom, which seemed odd. One night, while we were watching a movie, his ph...

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'AITA to be upset my in-laws are planning a separate birthday party for my sons?' UPDATED
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'AITA to be upset my in-laws are planning a separate birthday party for my sons?' UPDATED

My husband and I bought my mom's house and are currently doing major renovations to it (we're redoing the plumbing and the bathrooms, for example). As a result, we can't really host any gatherings there until the plumbing and the flooring is done. I knew it would likely not be done in time for our twins' first birthday, which is next weekend. My sister-in-law (SIL2) also is high-needs on the AS...

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'AITA for excluding my brother from my wedding because of his 'fun facts'?'
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'AITA for excluding my brother from my wedding because of his 'fun facts'?'

I have an older brother David (41). David has boundary issues and was in the learning disabled cla*ses. My parents never let him out of the home. He has an very rough personality and because he was never allowed to work or do anything so in his 40’s he doesn’t have friends. He still dominates the conversation at every holiday with “fun facts” and goes off on those and doesn’t realize no one is li...

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MIL takes back family heirloom from DIL before the wedding. AITA?
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MIL takes back family heirloom from DIL before the wedding. AITA?

I won't respond to repeat questions, check the comments --------------- My family has two heirlooms that we give to a bride or groom when they marry. For the men, it’s a set of cufflinks, and for the women, it’s a bracelet. My oldest son and my oldest sister are married, and their spouses wore the bracelet or cufflinks at their weddings. This tradition is essentially our family’s way of saying, “...

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Woman struggles with decision to attend sister’s wedding after exclusion; 'I don't know if she even likes me.' AITA?
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Woman struggles with decision to attend sister’s wedding after exclusion; 'I don't know if she even likes me.' AITA?

AITA for not going to my sister's wedding? I(27F) have a younger sister(26F),who I'll call V.V is my only blood related sibling.V got engaged on new years eve this year.V will be having a smallish destination wedding in the Dominican Republic in March or mayish of 2026,and then a celebration type thing(not a 2nd wedding ceremony)more locally a couple months later. V came to see me around valentin...

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Woman tells a stranger at the gym to 'name 3 women who loved him.' AITA?
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Woman tells a stranger at the gym to 'name 3 women who loved him.' AITA?

This situation is genuinely so d**b, and I don’t know where to start, but I’ll try my best to tell y’all about what happened. So I, (19F) have started to go to the gym a couple of times a week. I just moved to a new town, so haven’t gone to this gym before. For some background, I am a really big metal fan. I’ve been a metalhead since I was 13, and I regularly wear band tees. The gym is no except...

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'AITA for wanting a child-free wedding?' 'I'm DISGUSTED.'
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'AITA for wanting a child-free wedding?' 'I'm DISGUSTED.'

Our wedding (me 25f, him 25m) has been planned for almost 2 years now, and we are down to the final 9 weeks. When we started, we agreed to no children. He doesn’t have many kids on his side, but I do. We knew this may mean not everyone we invited would come and that was fine. His mum however, has been nonstop about his cousins two kids coming. We’ve always said they aren’t cause then it’s no...

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'AITA for siding with my daughter over her no-red dress code for her sweet 16?' UPDATED
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'AITA for siding with my daughter over her no-red dress code for her sweet 16?' UPDATED

AITA or more like are we TA We have been working on my daughter's (15f) Sweet 16 party planning for almost a year. My daughter picked the theme of Nightmare Before Christmas (NBC). This is a formal/semi-formal event. She has been lax on letting her Aunts, Grandma, and cousins pick out almost everything except the colors and clothing a*signment for Sweet 16 court. She chose basic colors of black...

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'My parents reached out after ghosting me for 5 years after my wedding.' UPDATED
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'My parents reached out after ghosting me for 5 years after my wedding.' UPDATED

My husband (30m) used to be my boss. About 9 years ago I started working as his a*sistant. We spent about 2.5 years ignoring our mutual attraction until we gave in. We then went to HR, who rea*signed me, and the whole thing was strictly above board from the time we began dating. I got pr****nt about a year later, and my husband and I decided to just get married. While we'd only really been dati...

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'AITA for refusing to have my photo taken with my BF's family and making his mom cry?' UPDATED
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'AITA for refusing to have my photo taken with my BF's family and making his mom cry?' UPDATED

UPDATE - I have spoken with my bf and his mother and apologised to both. The reason she cried was because she thought she had upset me, not because she was manipulative - she is extremely lovely and expressed sadness that I didn't feel part of the family. My boyfriend and I had a lengthy discussion and I find it funny the judgements on our relationship, we are a lot stronger than some of you thin...

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Wife’s secret spending leaves couple facing $96K debt crisis; she finally decides to tell him. AITA? + UPDATE
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Wife’s secret spending leaves couple facing $96K debt crisis; she finally decides to tell him. AITA? + UPDATE

I’ve been married to my husband for nearly 17 years, together for 20. I knew that prior to our relationship he struggled with money issues, and it is a huge trigger for him. So what did I manage to do? Take over the bills a couple years ago and Completely f**ked it up. Credit card debt, juggling zero interest cards, all that jazz. My credit has been on a slow and steady decline. I’ve been trying...

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'AITA for secretly moving out of my BF's house while he's at work?'
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'AITA for secretly moving out of my BF's house while he's at work?'

H**lo All! IN A FEW HOURS I AM ABOUT TO SECRETLY MOVE OUT. I will be giving live updates and I will do my best to provide as much context. So here we go ... I (31 F) have been living with my boyfriend (42 M) for a little over 6 years. From the very start everything moved so fast and I jumped into a new life before thinking. There is so much to say about the 6 year history we have, mixed with good...

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